Inputting attributes

The options P and O are used to read the configurations and original values from the database. The reverse process is accomplished by using ASCII files as follows:

ElementName TypeName DetailNo original.._value
Station_1.fault Station 1

Such a table begins with the keyword ElementName followed by a column headed TypeName. The column DetailNo can be omitted. An empty entry in this column corresponds to Detail 0 (no explicit detail). Every other column is headed with the attribute label. The element name and attribute label are generally strung together to specify the actual attribute name. It does not matter how many elements of the element name are specified in the column ElementName or how many attribute columns are specified. The following ASCII file is thus input correctly:

ElementName TypeName DetailNo Fault:original.._value
Station_1. Station 1

EXAMPLE

Element Name Type Name DetailNo _u_range .._type _u_range .._neg _u_range .._min _u_range .._max _u_range .._incl_min _u_range.. _incl_max
Station_3. Temperatures. Temp_2 Station 9
Station_3. Temperatures. Temp_2 Station 1 4 0 -30 120 1 1

This ASCII file appends the config user range to the data point element Station3.Temperatures.Temp2 and configures it.

The following also applies:

  • Columns without headers are not input.

  • Columns with headers commented out with # are not input.

  • Empty configs (without an attribute value) of the data type dyn_* are not input, except of the original value (_original.._value).

  • The first column with the information about the user and manager (name and number) which were responsible for a config modification are not input. ASCII files which were exported with a WinCC OA < 3.11 do not contain this information, however, they can be imported to versions >= 3.11 without any problems.

Thus, this ASCII file has the following function:

ElementName TypeName DetailNo #original.._value
Station1.fault Station 88 1

If you input driver configs with the ASCII Manager, the driver (or a SIM) must run with the number specified by the distributor config otherwise the configs are neither input nor stored in the database.